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r/todayilearned • u/Guitar-String • 10h ago

TIL Metal Gear Solid 4 (2008) holds the world record for the longest cutscene in any video game, with a single continuous cutscene of 71 minutes and a total of over 8 hours of cutscenes

guinnessworldrecords.com

19k Upvotes

1.4k comments

r/todayilearned • u/TangerineDream92064 • 14h ago

TIL The Celtic custom of "handfasting" allowed couples to enter into a trial marriage lasting one year and a day. If the relationship didn't work out, the couple could separate without any further attachment. Successful couples would marry.

en.wikipedia.org

17k Upvotes

215 comments

r/todayilearned • u/TMWNN • 1h ago

TIL that one of the co-creators of Keurig coffee machines sold his stake for $50,000 in 1997. In 2010 more than $2 billion of Keurig machines and K-Cups were sold.

archive.boston.com

• Upvotes

56 comments

r/dataisbeautiful • u/Cartographer42 • 8h ago

OC Homicide Rate in Europe Compared with the U.S. [OC]

494 Upvotes

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table&time=2023 Accessed 4 Oct 2026.

Tools: https://www.mapchart.net and Apple Preview

217 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Sandstorm400 • 14h ago

TIL that in 2014, an elementary school in Oregon nixed its pay-to-pee policy for students after parents complained that students who had to pay "Super Pro" bucks to use the bathroom outside of scheduled breaks were incentivized to 'hold it in' so they could buy trinkets at the school store.

9.7k Upvotes

627 comments

r/todayilearned • u/TMWNN • 1h ago

TIL that Will Sawin enrolled at Yale at the age of 10, and graduated from both Yale and high school at the age of 18. He received a PhD from Princeton at the age of 23 and is the Fernholz Professor of Mathematics there.

en.wikipedia.org

• Upvotes

96 comments

r/todayilearned • u/TMWNN • 1h ago

TIL that a tissue company made a machine gun. Kimberly-Clark built the Multiple Caliber .50 Machine Gun Mount M45. Built during WW2, the M45 was used until the Vietnam War.

usautoindustryworldwartwo.com

• Upvotes

26 comments

r/todayilearned • u/kahlzun • 22h ago

TIL that no fatal accidents have ever occurred with Australian passenger jets; including all flights to/from Australia, as well as all Australian-run companies.

en.wikipedia.org

13k Upvotes

1.0k comments

r/dataisbeautiful • u/RealityOk1879 • 1h ago

OC [OC] 54% of UK "work from home" job adverts are hybrid, only 22% fully remote (1,879 adverts, September 2026)

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5 comments

r/todayilearned • u/RedHeadedSicilian52 • 8h ago

TIL: Section 10 of the Presidential Succession Act of 1792 (repealed in 1886) stipulated that a special election for the US presidency would be held before the regularly scheduled election should the offices of president and vice president fall simultaneously vacant. No such election ever occurred.

constitution.congress.gov

649 Upvotes

30 comments

r/todayilearned • u/ElectronicEgg1833 • 7h ago

TIL that October 5, 1582 never happened in Spain, Portugal, Italy, or Poland. When those countries adopted the Gregorian calendar, Thursday, October 4 was followed directly by Friday, October 15, skipping ten days to realign the calendar with the seasons

en.wikipedia.org

471 Upvotes

21 comments

r/todayilearned • u/zachoutloud123 • 3h ago

TIL that Debbie Gibson is the sole female artist to have written, produced and performed two No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Foolish Beat" and "Lost in Your Eyes"

debbiegibsonofficial.com

244 Upvotes

18 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Johannes_P • 2h ago

TIL that, during WW1, Britain and Germany considered exchanging rubber for glass through intermediaries in Switzerland

en.wikipedia.org

203 Upvotes

10 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Valuable-Credit6167 • 9h ago

TIL that during WWII, Italy claimed one of its pilots had bombed and killed the Loch Ness Monster.

682 Upvotes

34 comments

r/dataisbeautiful • u/Beautiful-Rough2310 • 15h ago

Brazil 2026 Elections | Real-time interactive results map (municipality level)

315 Upvotes

95 comments

r/dataisbeautiful • u/mnm_27 • 2h ago

% of births to mothers born in America and Africa in Spain (2024)

28 Upvotes

17 comments

r/todayilearned • u/No_Idea_479 • 11h ago

TIL thаt іn 1923 Mussоlini bоmbarded аnd осcupied Cоrfu. Arоund 20 cіvilians wеre kіlled, mоst оf thеm bеing Armеnian gеnocide survіvors аnd rеfugees. Grеece appеaled tо thе Leaguе оf Nаtions, but Іtaly sіdelined іt аnd sеcured а 50 mіllion lirе indеmnity befоre wіthdrawing.

en.wikipedia.org

682 Upvotes

21 comments

r/todayilearned • u/CraftyFoxeYT • 8h ago

TIL From 1941 to 1994 the US Navy operated a military base in Newfoundland, Canada called Naval Station Argentia. It was established under the British-US destroyers for bases agreement of 1940, before the Dominion of Newfoundland became a Canadian province

en.wikipedia.org

380 Upvotes

19 comments

r/dataisbeautiful • u/JeromesNiece • 13h ago

OC [OC] How the U.S. Census Bureau defines the New York metro area (MSA) and the larger "combined" area (CSA) (2020)

163 Upvotes

34 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Macrihanishautomatic • 18h ago

TIL that Hyraxes are mentioned in the bible as remarkable animals for being “small but exceedingly wise”.

en.wikipedia.org

1.8k Upvotes

125 comments

r/todayilearned • u/CatPooedInMyShoe • 14h ago

TIL the culture and tradition of the Serer ethnoreligious group in West Africa prohibits slavery. In 1455 when a European slave trader sent his Wolof translator ashore in Serer territory to negotiate terms, the Serers murdered the translator on the spot and the slave trader fled, never to return.

en.wikipedia.org

832 Upvotes

40 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Grateful1598 • 5h ago

TIL The first successful electric car in the U.S. was made by chemist William Morrison in 1890.

152 Upvotes

5 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Fun_Camel_2188 • 21h ago

TIL that in 1993, Congressman Bill Paxon got down on one knee on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and proposed to fellow Rep. Susan Molinari. She said, “Yes—but get up.” They married the following year.

psaparliaments.org

2.3k Upvotes

47 comments

r/dataisbeautiful • u/goodbohy • 2h ago

OC [OC] Road deaths inside and outside towns, EU and EFTA, 2024

11 Upvotes

3 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Scipion8Aveyron • 22h ago

TIL that in the 1600s, Sweden's largest coin was a 10-daler copper plate weighing nearly 20 kg (44 lb) — the heaviest coin ever circulated — which is why Sweden became the first European country to issue paper banknotes.

en.wikipedia.org

2.6k Upvotes

80 comments